The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-25
NEWS OF THE rHnArRKs

VIEWS OF THE THEArRKs
paragraph about plseiarism In play making has
,t,rred up considerable feeling. ut hit the NAH q hard
,ye.um; 1.-THE novelist who stole . story bodily would
y, t,eted and cufed out OF literature, but the man who
.,,sl.a play expects TO escape serious blame. It ought
MT TO be 90. THE Sun should expose all the frauds in
mi. l,ns." Manager Palmer OF the Madison Square de.
.l.red III at he would not knowingly permit . play TO be
.n,sd In his theatre without the proper acknowledg-
,r.nt II Il recalled that when Led Astray," an early
macs At the Union Square, under his direction, turned
an, TO be an almost literal transiation from the French.
\. torrvore all further dealings with Dion Boucieauit
m. claimant OF the authorship. Manager Harrigan said:
.,oo for the thieves never stole an atom Of material
a, pu, into my own playa and won't untn I take to pick.
,ry rockets and snsak- thievinR overooatA" Henry Lee
rrItes that Angela" produced - his work, was not
made out Of q novel ~ TIE sur suggested might be the
case, but he does not deny that Il was . trsnslatfon BY
4. o,,omsvsr from the German. Selma Dolaro sends
declaration that "In the Fashion" forthcoming at
w,lack's - wholly original with hsrssif. In reply to
the questions Of correspondents, We say that the comic
epers, "Erminie, Il q musical setting Of Robert Ma
esirc;" that "ons Of Our Boys" announced ~ by WI,
liam Yardlsy, IL q translaton from the French; that
.The oolAh," paraRraphsd a. By Francis Wilson and
sidney Rosenfeld, d merely transferred BY them from
the French, and thas about half the names given In play.
hills - dramatic authors are those Of mere piaEiarista
rns FONT appearance Of Edwin Booth and Lawrsncs
usrrstt will BE- accepted - the seasons most notable
1rsms,io event They will stay At the Academy . fort
.ieht and will play saly ''Jultus Cesar" Nobody quss
t,ops that there win b . series Of large arsmblAgea
me ~lsrssness Of the advance sales indicates this
and 1t the increased prices the taxsdians should
tsts away . big sum Of money. 1t II promised, per-
hsps somewhat unsusrdsdly, that the production Of
-Juiius Cesar win BE- "sumptuoua" Careful and oomr
pisss would be more appropriate tsrma The stage b
mrs TO b effectively managed, because general dirso-
top Of the acting 10 Barrstts tad Just now. We may BE-
urs that the groupings will BE- picturesque, the costumes
IN good taste, and the body Of minor people large and
d,screstIy managed. Booth win play Bs1aus, Barrett
cssavs, and Edward J. Buckley Antony. The
Pcrtta win b. NINA K. Gale. an actress In
whose ultimate success Barrett places great
faith. mo cast otherwise has the names Of Ben Rogers.
CHARLES n. Collins. and John A Lana. . THO Of tried
actors All else - 70 this snEaesmsnt has been told and
rstold, until there are many promises to Be fulnned 1t
he Academy tomorrow night. Booth and Barrett 60
southwark from New York, taking . car for their own
use and avoiding hotel uncertainties Prom now on ths
Academy win b In active use - . combination theatre.
Following Julius Cesar" will CONS Imre Kiralfys 70
yival Of "Naxulm" for nine weeks.
Il oams out In . statement By French 1 Sanger. who
viii manage the new Broadway Theatre. At Forty-nrst
street. that all the woodwork Of the house win be coated
with nreproof material. Theatre builders have thor.
oughly learned the Lessons OF the past three or four
years. 1t would appear. the Broadway viii DO q super
ina gilt edged place, and Il there 10 anything new in
the calamity. preventing nns u VIII % pouno there. All
the plans point to an opening on Feb. q, with Fanny
Davenport in the nrst American performance Of VIC
torisn sardou's LA Tosca" Beyond that It II not safs
70 say, for 1t may happen that Miss Davenport will make
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lately concluded a week of "Rip Van wintler here, and
has gone to his Florida plantation for tho rest Of tho
winter. A member Of his company said: 1T ia true
that Mr., Jefferson IL . nrm believer In spiritual mani
festatiors, and it Is curious for us who arc on the stage
with him 70 know of his confidence that, In the scene
where Rip Van Bfnkle encounters tho Jolly ghosts of
EsadricE Hud,ons crew. he L. surrounded BY actual bona
nds ,pirits Of those very men. That he does 80 Is . posi-
tive fact. He, regards their presence - q matter Of
course. having become used to them They are some
times visible 70 him. but usually manifest themselves
only BY raps or other unseen means wouldntit be mo II
Tho Corsair" leads a monotonously gay life at the
Bijou- 1t seldom has . poor audisnoe, and often 1t
draws a big one. Rice's music and Goodwin's text may
fray at the edges but the pretty girls who march and
sing wear splenoidly, and upon thor physical endurance
depends In . measure the longevity OF the buriesQue.
A sunsbiny chris,mas afternoon. with a crisp atmos.
phsra will Iik sly all every uptovn theatre 10 the doors.
oddly enough, a rain or q driIzling snow will pack tho
east side housed Here 1. n Ions. tested and uever-fsiline
point OF difference in the holiday playRoips of the two
sections. But At night the distinction ceases, ana there
win be a crowd everywhere.
Al paly.s .fhe Railroad Of Love i" IL sure Of excellent
holiday ousinesa In the usual guarded manner Of this
theatres announcements, Il IL barely limited that the en-
suing production WI DO shakespearean. Meanwhile 1t
naomit'eo .nat ua,y mas fene"eo mn lease tor Term
olSearh ana tnsI sneretore no wm NOV move IA nay
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"Ls voyage en- suiase" WIN nave u" nrst only
psrformAnoo IN fnree soafs Al tne foufteontn
street. t>morroW AFTERNOON. Ino hanlons ana